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Invisible gender discrimination, like sexual harassment, subtly affects women daily. Repeated low-level threats create stress, alter brain function, and increase long-term risks of depression and anxiety. What can we do for this？—————————————————————————————————在许多社会中，性别歧视往往被理解为明显的排斥或制度性不公，但更普遍、也更难被察觉的，是日常生活中无处不在的“隐性性别歧视”。性骚扰正是这种隐性歧视中最常见、也最具破坏性的一种表现形式。它并不总是以暴力出现，更多时候是一句不合时宜的评论、一次令人不适的注视，或是在公共空间中反复发生的骚扰行为......—————————————————————————————————If you’re enjoying this story, there’s so much more waiting for you inside maayot:✅ Daily bite-sized stories that suit your level✅ native audio✅ Interactions with native for practice your speaking✅ One tap Pinyin, explain in context for words and sentences✅ Writing and speaking exercises with real person feedback✅ Track your learning streakNot using these features yet? Open our app or visit maayot.com and explore everything your Mandarin journey needs. Use promotion code “Podcast” , get a 50% off today !If this episode made you smile, laugh, or learn something new. Please Take just 30 seconds to leave us a rating and short review. It helps other Mandarin learners discover us !

Anna points out a large stain on the wall and asks Gao Yue what happened the night before. Gao Yue admits it probably happened while playing games with friends after drinking too much.—————————————————————————————————安娜：你醒啦？昨天晚上你和朋友们做了什么？你看！墙上的这些污渍。高月：哎呀，我都没注意。一定是和我朋友们玩游戏的时候弄的。安娜：你不记得吗？这么大一块污渍。哈哈哈，别装了。高月：真的不记得了。可能我们都喝太多了，大家都有些醉了。看上去应该是啤酒污渍。安娜：好吧，算了。怎么办呢？不知道能不能去掉这些污渍。不然，我们就有麻烦了。高月：别担心，交给我吧。啤酒污渍不难去掉。或者，我可以重新粉刷一下这里。安娜：好吧，那我就不管了。下次小心啊！—————————————————————————————————If you’re enjoying this story, there’s so much more waiting for you inside maayot:✅ Daily bite-sized stories that suit your level✅ native audio✅ Interactions with native for practice your speaking✅ One tap Pinyin, explain in context for words and sentences✅ Writing and speaking exercises with real person feedback✅ Track your learning streakNot using these features yet? Open our app or visit maayot.com and explore everything your Mandarin journey needs. Use promotion code “Podcast” , get a 50% off today !If this episode made you smile, laugh, or learn something new. Please Take just 30 seconds to leave us a rating and short review. It helps other Mandarin learners discover us !

Li Yang’s wife worries that the roast chicken they just ate might be undercooked. Soon She realises her fear might be coming from a past severe food poisoning incident, and jokingly considers never eating chicken again. —————————————————————————————————妻子：你觉得我们刚刚吃的那个烤鸡熟了吗？李阳：熟了吧？你觉得肚子不舒服吗？妻子：没有。就是问问。我吃的时候觉得鸡肉中间很软。李阳：别担心。那是腌过的鸡肉，煮熟了也很软的。你知道的。你这是心理作用。妻子：嗯，好吧。我多想了。哎，‘一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳’。就是我的那次非常严重的食物中毒害的，每次我在外面吃鸡肉都会担心。李阳：嗯，我知道。那次你的食物中毒是很严重，是救护车来抬你去医院急救的。妻子：别说了别说了。说起我就起鸡皮疙瘩。要不，我以后再也不吃鸡肉了吧。—————————————————————————————————If you’re enjoying this story, there’s so much more waiting for you inside maayot:✅ Daily bite-sized stories that suit your level✅ native audio✅ Interactions with native for practice your speaking✅ One tap Pinyin, explain in context for words and sentences✅ Writing and speaking exercises with real person feedback✅ Track your learning streakNot using these features yet? Open our app or visit maayot.com and explore everything your Mandarin journey needs. Use promotion code “Podcast” , get a 50% off today !If this episode made you smile, laugh, or learn something new. Please Take just 30 seconds to leave us a rating and short review. It helps other Mandarin learners discover us !

During a date, Yu Qing and her date talk about zodiac signs. While neither of them truly believes in astrology, they agree it’s a useful icebreaker. They discuss how relying too much on zodiac labels can oversimplify people and limit personal growth. —————————————————————————————————约会对象：你相信星座吗？你是什么座的？雨晴：哈哈哈，你相信吗？我半信半疑吧。不全信。我是狮子座。约会对象：真的吗？我听说狮子座的人很爱表现，很自信。嗯, 不太像你。雨晴：是吗？那不是很准，对吧。有些性格是后天形成的，不全是由星座决定的。不过，我的一个朋友就非常信星座，去约会也要先问约会对象是什么星座，然后查看他们的星座合不合。哈哈哈。你不会跟我朋友一样吧？约会对象：嗯，我其实也不是很信。不过这个是一个不错的聊天话题，哈哈哈。用这个话题来破冰挺好的。而且，如果一个人很信星座的话，容易给自己和他人贴标签。比如：“啊，我是这个星座的，所以我就是这样的人，改不了。”还有刚刚你说你的那个朋友，约会前看星座合不合适再决定去不去赴约的就有点极端了。毕竟，像你说的，性格还是可以改变的。雨晴：嗯，是。我同意。所以……你是什么星座的呢？约会对象：我是金牛座。一般说这个星座的人很踏实，能吃苦，不太爱表达。雨晴：是你吗？约会对象：我觉得挺符合我现在的状态的。不过，这可能是巧合。—————————————————————————————————If you’re enjoying this story, there’s so much more waiting for you inside maayot:✅ Daily bite-sized stories that suit your level✅ native audio✅ Interactions with native for practice your speaking✅ One tap Pinyin, explain in context for words and sentences✅ Writing and speaking exercises with real person feedback✅ Track your learning streakNot using these features yet? Open our app or visit maayot.com and explore everything your Mandarin journey needs. Use promotion code “Podcast” , get a 50% off today !If this episode made you smile, laugh, or learn something new. Please Take just 30 seconds to leave us a rating and short review. It helps other Mandarin learners discover us !

Yu Qing and her roommate watch birds flying south to escape the cold. Envious of their freedom, Yu Qing wishes she could fly too. when asked where she would go, she sweetly says...—————————————————————————————————同屋：你看， 天上好多鸟啊！雨晴：哇，它们都往一个方向飞，不知道它们要去哪里。同屋：它们向南飞，这里太冷了。哈哈雨晴：要是我也能飞就好了。同屋：要是你能飞，你想飞去哪里？雨晴：我想飞回家，飞到妈妈怀里。—————————————————————————————————If you’re enjoying this story, there’s so much more waiting for you inside maayot:✅ Daily bite-sized stories that suit your level✅ native audio✅ Interactions with native for practice your speaking✅ One tap Pinyin, explain in context for words and sentences✅ Writing and speaking exercises with real person feedback✅ Track your learning streakNot using these features yet? Open our app or visit maayot.com and explore everything your Mandarin journey needs. Use promotion code “Podcast” , get a 50% off today !If this episode made you smile, laugh, or learn something new. Please Take just 30 seconds to leave us a rating and short review. It helps other Mandarin learners discover us !